1942 National League

1942 National League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1942 American League 1942 Major Leagues

1942 National League Leaders and Trailers
1942 Postseason
1942 Season as Seen Through the Prism of Player Won-Lost Records

Positional Average (Weighted Avg of Options): 0.500 (1-Year) (9-Year) (Long-Run) "

Positional Averages for Pitchers (Wgted Avg of Options): 0.500 "vs. Different Values for Starting vs. Relief Pitchers: (Empirical) (Based on Pitchers who Do Both)


Basic Player Won-Lost Records by Team (Sorted by pWOPA)
Team	Games	Wins	Losses	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA
St. Louis Cardinals	156.0	107.0	49.0	263.0	205.0	58.1
Brooklyn Dodgers	155.0	104.5	50.5	259.5	205.5	53.7
New York Giants	154.0	87.0	67.0	241.0	221.0	19.2
Cincinnati Reds	154.0	77.0	77.0	231.0	231.0	-0.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	151.0	68.0	83.0	219.0	234.0	-15.1
Chicago Cubs	155.0	68.5	86.5	223.5	241.5	-18.3
Boston Braves	150.0	59.0	91.0	209.0	241.0	-32.5
Philadelphia Phillies	151.0	42.0	109.0	193.0	260.0	-67.5

Ties count as 0.5 win and 0.5 loss. Teams in bold made the postseason. pWins equal team wins plus team games; pLosses equal team losses plus team games.


Expected Won-Lost Records by Team (Sorted by eWORL)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
St. Louis Cardinals	247.9	220.1	28.4	55.4
Brooklyn Dodgers	242.2	222.8	20.3	47.3
New York Giants	234.9	227.1	8.0	34.7
Cincinnati Reds	230.9	231.1	0.2	26.6
Chicago Cubs	231.1	233.9	-2.7	23.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	224.2	228.8	-4.3	21.9
Boston Braves	219.3	230.7	-11.1	15.2
Philadelphia Phillies	212.9	240.1	-26.9	-0.7


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	119.2	107.2	0.526	12.0
New York Giants	112.8	102.0	0.525	10.8
Brooklyn Dodgers	111.4	103.5	0.518	7.9
Chicago Cubs	106.1	105.9	0.501	0.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	101.5	103.3	0.496	-1.7
Boston Braves	99.6	102.2	0.493	-2.6
Cincinnati Reds	101.6	108.3	0.484	-6.7
Philadelphia Phillies	90.8	105.4	0.463	-14.5


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	12.2	10.1	0.548	2.1
Brooklyn Dodgers	12.6	11.0	0.534	1.6
New York Giants	9.5	8.1	0.541	1.4
Cincinnati Reds	8.8	8.7	0.503	0.1
Chicago Cubs	10.7	11.3	0.487	-0.6
Boston Braves	8.7	9.5	0.478	-0.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	9.0	10.0	0.473	-1.0
Philadelphia Phillies	8.1	9.8	0.452	-1.7


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Brooklyn Dodgers	73.6	64.2	0.534	9.4
St. Louis Cardinals	69.4	60.3	0.535	9.1
Cincinnati Reds	70.7	65.3	0.520	5.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	63.8	64.2	0.498	-0.4
Chicago Cubs	64.2	65.6	0.495	-1.4
New York Giants	65.4	69.9	0.483	-4.5
Philadelphia Phillies	64.3	70.4	0.477	-6.1
Boston Braves	63.6	70.8	0.473	-7.2


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	45.7	43.9	0.510	1.8
Boston Braves	48.3	47.2	0.506	1.1
New York Giants	47.5	46.8	0.504	0.8
Cincinnati Reds	49.6	49.0	0.503	0.6
Brooklyn Dodgers	44.1	44.5	0.498	-0.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	50.3	50.9	0.497	-0.6
Chicago Cubs	50.2	51.1	0.495	-1.0
Philadelphia Phillies	51.2	53.1	0.491	-1.9

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1942 National League

Ballpark Factors
Net Win Values
Positional Averages
Replacement Levels
Division of Shared Credit
Event Probabilities

^*Player won-loss records are calculated using Retrosheet play-by-play data. For some seasons, Retrosheet does not have full play-by-play data for all games. In these cases, some games may be missing.
The number of Games shown here are the number of games for which Retrosheet play-by-play data exist and were used in these calculations.

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